Coin-controlled clock and money-box.



No. 812,200- PATBNTED FEB. 13, 1906. H. GILLBR.

G01N CONTROLLI-11) CLOCK AND MONEY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.7,1904.

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Imm/0725021' BATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

H. GILLER. COIN CONTRGLLBD CLOCK AND MONEY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7,1904.

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Maand-07? narran srarns PATENT Genion.V

HUGOGILLER, or New YORK, N. Y. i

Com-CONTROLLED eLook AnohmoNeY-Box..

No. 812,200.l

Specification of Letters Patenti.

Patented Feb. 13, 190e,

Application filed November 7, 1904. Seriallo. 231.656. i

To ayZZ whom'it may concern:

Beit known that IJTHUGO GILLER, a citiz'enof the United States,residing-in the borough of Brooklyn, of the city of New York, in theState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsvinv Coin-Con.-

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. running of the clock is made t'o depend upon the deposit of a coin.'IIn someother devices 'ofthis character it has been proposed to pro videa stop l ing or braking mechanism whereby the cloc -train shallbe'stoppedfl at a predetermined time unless in the meantimea'coinf'has'been deposited for savings.v Such an arrangementisunsatisfactory that it requires the deposit ofthecoinb'efore a certainhour each day unless the .clock is to be permitted to stop and itsaccuracyand reliability as a timekee er thereby destroyed. It

` is not always possi lle for an individual to deposit the necessarycoin before a certain hour .on every day of, the week, and it thereforemust happen frequently with the arrange# ments referred to that theclock is stopped and must be set again. It is more desirable permittheclock to run` until'dthas run down, if it so happens, and to'make therewinding of the clock dependent upon the deposit of the required coin.This not only permits more leeway in the time of depositing the coin,but the rewinding of the clock and the depositing of the. coin beingnecessal-ily related act asa reminder each for the other, .so that thehabit of Savin and the habit of, rewinding the clock are oth promoted,while the stopping of the clock and the destruction of its reliabilityas a timekeeper become lessv liable to happen by casual delay in thedepositing of the coin. Y

It is the object of this invention, therefore, to provide an improveddevice of this characlter in which the of the clock iside-lv pendentupon'the de osit'of the .coins The invention will t e more 4fully dehereinafter with reference to the accompanyingdrawin s',inwhichaconvenient and prac-A tical embo iment thereof is represented.

.inthe drawings, Figure -1 is .viewin sont".

elevation of a combined clockand moneybx having the inventionappliedtherete Fig. 2 is a sidev view of. the vsame,p'artly broken outand in section, to` show. .details of.

construction. Fig. 3 is a-view rearfelevation with the back of theboxremoved, some 'sented' parts Abeing shown also insectiollrand partlybroken `out.- Fig. 4 isapartiallview slmilar to Fig. 3, but showing theparts inaI `diierentV position. y

The clock mechanism may be of any usual or suitable charaeten and thecase thereof, which also forms the money-bx,iinay likewise have anydesired-shape; j y y As shown in the'drawings, .they clock mech# anism,as represented at e by the face Vand hands thereof, is centrally locatedthe case b, which may have in itsltop c laslot for the reception ofthe-coin f Some ortio'nof through which access maybe had to` therref oeptacle within to permit" ofremoval of the deposited coins. As 'shown inFig. 2, the, en-

tire back e of the casing is so arranged ,as to\ be removable, beingprovided atits =lower end with lugs e', which may enterfslots in thebottom of the casing, and a lock e2 toyen gage the opposite end vofthe.casing. There isalso preferably arranged within the casing a partition'bl` b2, whichA forms falseparate re.:

ceptac'le in which' the coins which are deposited may be allowedl toaccumulate V,without liability of interferin withthe clockmechanism,even if the cloc should beoverturn'ed.

The lowerV portion b2 of'thelpartitionimay be f made removable to permit`aceess tothezinterior of the casingbeyondthe vcoin-receptacle whennecessary, and suchlremovable parti# tion b2 may be provided 'with aflange bf? to co5,

ting oif the lower portion of` .the coin-receptathe passage of the coinsfrom the coinchute. The back may be apertured in .line

` With the setting-arborf and with the Windf ro ing-arbor g to permittheintroduction of the setting-keyf andthe winding-key g.

lThe coin-operated devices, which permit or prevent the winding of theclock, are arranged to cooperate with the winding devices. In thepresent instance they are represented as cooperating directly with thewindingfarbor g, which is provided', asshown in Figs. 3 andV 4,withone;or`more stops` or.A

lugsl or "arms g2". "Adjacent to the' windingarbor is mounted astopflever lathe same being conveniently pivoted, upon .the settingarborf. Itis provided with asruitable shouldei It for coperationwith thestops' g2 on the `1 wi'n'dingarbor and is pressed'normally toward thearbor, as by a spring h, yso that When the sibleto'wind theclock. f Atthe same time` the stop-lever yil'ds to permit the rotation ofstop-lever his in normal position it is not posthe winding-arbor in theopposite directionas theI clockY runs'.v The stop-leveris arranged tobemoved intoabnormal position to permit the winding of the clock and, isheld in such position for a sufficient length oi.y time to permit the'4rewinding lof `the cloclr.' `The means whereby itis moved'to abnormalposition and there ,held comprise'an arm h2', ar-

l 'ranged for coperation'with the coin, 'ashereyinafter described, v'andprovided with a tooth 7b3 for engagement lwiththe'corresponding toothiof a latch i. Tlieilatch fi is counter,- 435 weighted or balanced, sothat it-stands norma'lly ina position to engage thearrn h3, and therebyto hold the stop-lever 7Lv in abnormal 1 p0sition.` 'It is also arrangedto be disengaged therefromwhen the clocl'has run for a short time; Forthis' purposey there is'pivotedupon thelatch t a doglc, having a toe kv'for' coperation with the stops-or lugs g2 on i the windingarbor andcooperating with a stop k2 on the latch, During the Winding of the clockthe dog Ic' swings 'freely on its pivot "as the stops g2 'strile'the toekf; but as the ar- `bor rotates in'theop'posite direction the 'stop ,k2prevents the yielding of 'the dog' 7c on' the latch fi, so 'thatthelatter isv swung upon its pivot and is madeto 'release the stop-lever7L. 'In this'man'ner the parts are restored to their looking positionand the Winding of theclock `isprevented, except'for a short timeafterzthe A#introduction of a coin.

` The coinchut'e l, which receives the 'coin through the slot d, issuitably' formed to guide the coin into proximity tothe arm h2 ofthe{stop-lever 7L and is cut away at its lower end, adjacent to the arm h2,to permit the latter to project somewhat within the chute, as clearlyindicated in Fig. 8, for the purpose of detaining the coin at this pointuntil it has been made use of to effect the release of the windingmechanism, a lug or shoulder l being preferably provided at the oppositeside of the chu'te to cooperate with the arm h2. jacentto the v'lowerend of the coin-chute there is mounted in suitable ways m m a pusherhaving a stemfn, projected 'through theouter casing I).

which straddle the stop l andare suitably formed atth'eir ends, as, atn2, to'engage the coin, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. A spring 'n3 servesto draw backthe pusher after operation.

1 It will now be lunderstood that wheny a'cbin isiintroduo'ed throughthe slotl d it moves to the lower end of the coin-chute, Where it isrdetained byy theiarm h2 and the, stop Z, th` ese parts being' then inthe position represented -in Fig. 3, which position ofthe armthestop-lever 7L is in engagement with, the v.arms

g2 onthe Winding-arbor, so' that winding 4of the clock is impossible.Willen the coin has reached the position ust described, the pusher n isthrust forward, engaging the coin and carrying it forward against thearm 71,2, whereby the latter is also moved yforward and thestoplever k2is moved out ofengagement With the windiiig-arborL If the pusheris nowreleased,

itl returns to its normal position, and the coin drops into thereceptacle below the end of the chute. The stop-lever, however, is heldin its unlocking position through ythe engagenient of the arm hzvwiththe latch i', sothat it y i This pusher is prefer. 'ably forked, asshown, ,having two arms n,

Adk is possible to Wind the clock. After a short'k ltime one of the lugsg? on the winding-arbor, yacting through the dogl c, swings the latch i`onits pivot, releasing the stopllever h and permitting it to vreturn tothe locking 4position, whichis represented inl Fig. 3. Itis Ioothereafter impossible to rewind the clockun- `ti l another coin isintroduced. u Obviously various changes may be made in details ofconstruction and arrangement of log.

the mechanism, andA it is to be `understood "that the invention is notrestricted to the'pre- 'oise details of constructionarid arrangementfhereinlshown' and described. Y

I claim as my inventionf 1'. yThe combination with a clock mechanism,of'a lug on'the 'winding-arbor, a stop-leverA normally engaging saidlug, means `to move the stop-lever into abnormal position,

"a latch' to hold said stop-lever iin abnormal v rio position, andadogpivoted on the latch 1in 'siamo jacent to the Winding-arbor to beoperated by the movement of the lug thereon to disengage saidstop-lever, substantially as described.

3. The combination With a clock mechanism, of a lug on thewinding-arbor, a stop-lever pivoted adjacent to said arbor to engagesaid lug, means to move the stop-lever into abnormal position, a latchto hold said stop- Io lever in abnormal position and pivoted adjacent tothe arbor,l and a dog pivoted on,

This speciicaton signed and witnessed :5

this 2d dajyvv of November, A. D.v 1904.

` HUG() GILLER. In presence olf- W. B. GREELEY, M. A. BRAYLEY.

